Man Charged In Slaying Of Man In Pine Hills

November 28, 1985|By Compiled from staff reports

A 26-year-old Orlando man accused of stabbing to death a man in his Pine Hills apartment Saturday was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday.

Wade Edward Carter, 1324 40th St., also was charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery. He was held without bail in the Orange County jail Wednesday night on the murder charge and $5,000 bail on the other two charges.

Deputies found 23-year-old Tony Halterman's body in a hall of the apartment on North Pine Hills Road shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday.

His girlfriend, Kim Cook, 21, was stabbed in the throat and was in serious condition Wednesday at Orlando Regional Medical Center.

Arrest reports said Carter's bloody fingerprints and handprints were found at the scene. Cook told witnesses who discovered her after the stabbing that Carter did it.

Carter admitted knowing both victims and being in the apartment earlier Saturday, but denied killing Halterman or knowing anything about the incident, reports said.